Steering device for motor-boats.



H. J. PERKINS.

STEERING DEVICE FOR MOTOR BOATS.

APPLIUATION FILED 0015,1908v Patented Feb.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 5 wua 14 for H. J. PERKINS.

STEERING DEVICE FOR MOTOR BOATS. APPLIOATIOII FILED arms, was.

91 1 ,069. Patented Feb. 2, 1909. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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HARRY SYFERKEYS, QF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 MICHIGAN HEEL COM- ""PANY,'OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A CORPQBATiON Oi iviiCi'riGAIs'.

STEERING DEVICE FOR MOTOR-BOATS.

Specification 01 1131391! Patent.

nezssigoee. 4 Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

r i I N hppllcatlon filed. October 5,1908. Berlal 130.4563. T0 allwMm-ttmay concern: 1 collar 13 provided with a clamping bolt 14.

Be, it-kpown that I, HARRY This collar is located in one of two chambers J. PE'nKiNs, a

in the case formed by a partition therein,

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residing dt 'Grand Rapids, in the county pi and is provided with a pin 15 adjustable in Kenhandts tate; of Michigan, have invents a the key way 12 to revent the collar from certain new and useful I provements in rotating on the she t when turnin the bolt Steering-"Qevices for Motor-Boats; an do 14. Between the partition 18 and the bearhereby declare the followin who a full, ing 10 and in the other chamber of the case is inserted a pinion 19 in which the shaft 11 is slidable longitudinall This pinion is provided with a sliding ey 12 adjustable in the key-way 12 whereby the shaft will rotate the pinion in the case and can be adjusted therein. Extending through the tubular heads of the brackets is a rack bar 4 rotative and slidable therein and provided with rack teeth 5 engaged by the pinion 19 to move said bar longitudinally by rotatin the shaft 1 1 by means of a manually operate wheel 17 attached to the upper end thereof. 16 are pins in the respective ends of the rack bar to limit the longitudinal movement of the same in the heads 3.

In operation the shaft can be ad'usted about the horizontal axis of the rack ar at an an le from horizontal to vertical an he (i ad usted by friction of the clamps 6 on the bearings 3" of the brackets. Th haft can also be adjusted to vertically wheel hi her or lower by loosening 13 and s iding the shaft lon itudinally in the co lar, pinion and bearings o the case, and the shaft retained in such adjusted position by again tightening the collar by the, screw 14.

What I claim is 1. A, steering device, comprising a manuall o erated shaft, means for adjusting the she t about a horizontal axis, means for also clear, and exact descri tion 0 .the invention, such as will enabled, era s ed in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates'to im rovements in steering devices for motor oats and its object is to provide the same with means whereby the manually operated wheel may beadjusted in various planes relative to the horizontal and also vertically adjusted as occasion may require, and to rovide e device with various new and useful features as hereinafter more fully described and particularl pointed out in the claims; reference eing had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1- is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a plan view of the same; Fig. 3 a horizontal sectional detail in a vertical plane; Fig. 4 a section at right angles to Fig. 3' on the line 4-4 of the same; Fig. 5 the same on the line5-5 of Fig. 1; and, Fig. 6 a plan view on a reduced scale of the device attached to lied for use.

the figures.

1 represents the thwart of a boat to which the device is attached.

2 are brackets secured to the thwart near one edge thereof and having upwardly proadjustin the shaft lon itudinally, a pinion 'ecting tubular heads 3 also laterally proon the s aft in which t e same is longitudiecting toward each other as at 3 to provide nally adjustable only, and a rack bar engaged ournal bearings for a hollow gear case 8 and moved by the pinion.

provided with divided clamps 6 journaled 2. A steering device, com rising a case on the inwardly projecting members 3" an adjustable about a horizonta axis, a shaft provided with clamping bolts 7 whereby the provided with a hand wheel and both rotative and lon itudinally adjustable in the case, a inion an set collar in whi bait is longitudinally movable and a rack bar in the horizontal axis of the case and engaged b the pinion.

3. A steering device, comprisin a case divided into two compartments an ad'ustable about a horizontal axis, a shaft bot rotative and longitudinally adjustable in the a pinion and a set collar in the respeccase is adjustable about a horizontal axis. This gear case 8 is also provided with o posite y extending bearings 9 and 10 for t e shaft 11 with the axis of the same at ri ht angles to the axis of the bearin s 3" an in these bearin s 9 and 10 is the s aft 11 both rotative and ongitudinally adjustable there in. This shaft is provided with a key-way 12, and on e shaft to hold the same in longitudinal adjustment is a divided set 1 case,

tive compartments of the case and in which I the shaft is longitudinally adjustable only,

and a rack bar longitudinally movable in the horizontal axis of the case and engaged by the pinion.

4. A steering device, comprising brackets having laterally projecting tubular heads, a case having integral clamps mounted on the projecting portions of the bracket heads and adjustable about the axis thereof, a rack bar longitudinally and rotatively movable in the heads, bearings at the o osite sides of the case, a shaft rotative an on 'tudinally adjustable in the bearings and aving a keyway, a set collar and a inion in the case and in which the shaft is ongitudinally adjustable, said lpinion also-engagin the rack bar, a key in t e pinion and shdaEle in the ke way, and a manually operated wheel on t e shaft.

6. A steering device, consisting of brackets having laterally projecting tubular heads, a case having integral and divided clampin members mounted on the projecting arts 0 the heads and adjustable about t 0 axis thereof, a partition in the head, bearings at opposite sides of the head, a shaft rotative and slidable in the bearings, and also havin a key-way, a divided collar on the shaft an havm a clamping screw, a pin in the collar and a justable in the key-way, a inion on the shaft, a key in the pinion and s 'dable in the ke -way of the shaft, a manually operh ated w eel on the shaft and a rack bar mta-f tive and slidable in the heads and engaged by the pinion. In testimony whereof I afl'ix my signature N1 in presence of two witnesses. HARRY J. PERKINS. Witnesses: 4

PALMER A; J ones, LUTHER V. MOUL'I'ON. 

